Sunday 22 March 2015
Life's Journey...Heila Robertson: Washing & Ironing solutions & Shuttle/Transfer opt...
Life's Journey...Heila Robertson: Washing & Ironing solutions & Shuttle/Transfer opt...: One of the most exciting ventures to plan undoubtedly is Namibia, especially during winter is at it’s peak in Namibia, then a venue not to b...
Tuesday 10 March 2015
Left-side driving a hired vehicle? 1st encounter into Africa, Namibia?
"Are you here for business or pleasure?"
"Pleasure, with at least 21 days of holiday to look forward to. Please drive slow as I want to see how you are driving on the left-hand side of the road."
"At night I always drive slow as there are wild animals to look out for, the road is dark & people tend to speed without realizing the dangers lurking. Are you going to experience Namibia with a tour-guide or have you planned your trip before-hand?"
"No, we are going to rent a vehicle tomorrow & plan our days into certain areas such as Windhoek for a few days, Luderitz & should time allow it, some more places we hope."
"Have you been to Namibia before?"
"No, it is the first time ever in Africa, let alone Namibia."
What does one think immediately? Are they simply adventurous getting up their usual holiday planning perhaps, or are they simply two people who decided to make a sudden huge decision to venture into Africa for the 1st time taking dangerous chances...or are they simply looking for trouble doing something that they know nothing about?
All those thousands of kilometers from Germany all the way to Africa, Namibia & 21 days have not been planned ahead? Two people, a warm-hearted couple having the holiday of a lifetime & they want to drive their own rented vehicle into the vast countryside of Namibia without a guide, no planning ahead...and no experience of driving on the left-hand side of the road except the 30 minutes they spend in the vehicle with myself driving them to their designated Guesthouse from the International Airport.
Yes, thank goodness, we all have different personality types & there-for many people reading this right now would either not agree with their decision or my responsibility towards the fact that I truly care for visitor's safety within the borders of our country. Yes, it could be due to the fact that we would like to reap a financial benefit by assisting visitors to the best of our ability, and yet it could also be for the mere reason that so many visitors in all countries can simply not be safe enough without the proper investigation, planning or/and proper guidance by people that can assist. Which weighs heavier?
The following ideas and points given is merely examples from a normal person when this person decides to venture into an unknown country & anyone with expert knowledge are welcome to add ideas & points into the comments for future visitors to take into serious consideration when planning such an amazing holiday.
1) Decide which country you sincerely want to explore.
2) Find as much information as you possibly can to read, see & hear about the country by means of travelling books, the internet, international news.
3) Add friends of the specific country to your internet social mediums and start corresponding with those friends. Look for the cities or towns you are interested in visiting and add friends living in those cities.
4) Find travelling agencies on the internet within the border of the country chosen & request to be sent different holiday packages or ideas. Request for self-driving ideas & assistance to link with personal tour-guides or information for group tours. These same requests could be put forward to your new-found-friends at your social pages as well & you will be surprised how much information you will find.
5) Search for Guesthouses, Pension Hotels, Game Lodges, Hotels, Bed & Breakfasts in the different towns or cities within the country of your choice & correspond with a few to find the correct answers which is suitable for you & your companion/family.
6) Study the wild animal life within the border of the country & the effect the wildlife might have on driving on the country's roads for you as a 1st-time driver within the country. Search for National Parks in order to add at least one on your list of planning into your days.
7) Search for the laws of driving within the country's borders in order to know what you are letting yourself into. Either practice some-where remote before even planning to leave for the country in mind or speak to your social friendship via internet to receive tips of travelling & driving in the country or simply find a reliable guide driving you & your family through using all the information above as everyone have access to reliable drivers, tour-guides and/or shuttle services which they trust.
8) Download a complete map of the country in question and become familiar with the areas & distances. Keep updated of the weather conditions at all times to get a good idea of how it could be similar or different from your home-country.
9) Request personal normal information from your internet social circle in the country such as; what is more important, water, cool-drinks, clothing to wear & anything small that might be considered by yourself as nothing...which could in fact just save your life and those of your loved-one's in time of need.
10) Plan your trip according to the days you have planned to visit, making use of the map you should by now know off-by-heart. Start at one side of your interests moving into a selected direction to be able to visit every main feature of your choice without having to back-up all the time wasting precious time. Use all the information you have gathered from everyone & each company involved or simply book a complete tour with the travel agency of your choice & save yourself the time & effort to enjoy an amazing holiday away from home.
You will find all the above mentioned are capable of finding the right places to stay, select reliable shuttle services for long-distance transport as well as in-town transport & keep your safety at heart trusting your experience will be awesome...so awesome, you'll be back for more pampering...and bring friends along next time!
Enjoy your travelling hunting for a great experience.
"Pleasure, with at least 21 days of holiday to look forward to. Please drive slow as I want to see how you are driving on the left-hand side of the road."
"At night I always drive slow as there are wild animals to look out for, the road is dark & people tend to speed without realizing the dangers lurking. Are you going to experience Namibia with a tour-guide or have you planned your trip before-hand?"
"No, we are going to rent a vehicle tomorrow & plan our days into certain areas such as Windhoek for a few days, Luderitz & should time allow it, some more places we hope."
"Have you been to Namibia before?"
"No, it is the first time ever in Africa, let alone Namibia."
What does one think immediately? Are they simply adventurous getting up their usual holiday planning perhaps, or are they simply two people who decided to make a sudden huge decision to venture into Africa for the 1st time taking dangerous chances...or are they simply looking for trouble doing something that they know nothing about?
All those thousands of kilometers from Germany all the way to Africa, Namibia & 21 days have not been planned ahead? Two people, a warm-hearted couple having the holiday of a lifetime & they want to drive their own rented vehicle into the vast countryside of Namibia without a guide, no planning ahead...and no experience of driving on the left-hand side of the road except the 30 minutes they spend in the vehicle with myself driving them to their designated Guesthouse from the International Airport.
Yes, thank goodness, we all have different personality types & there-for many people reading this right now would either not agree with their decision or my responsibility towards the fact that I truly care for visitor's safety within the borders of our country. Yes, it could be due to the fact that we would like to reap a financial benefit by assisting visitors to the best of our ability, and yet it could also be for the mere reason that so many visitors in all countries can simply not be safe enough without the proper investigation, planning or/and proper guidance by people that can assist. Which weighs heavier?
The following ideas and points given is merely examples from a normal person when this person decides to venture into an unknown country & anyone with expert knowledge are welcome to add ideas & points into the comments for future visitors to take into serious consideration when planning such an amazing holiday.
1) Decide which country you sincerely want to explore.
2) Find as much information as you possibly can to read, see & hear about the country by means of travelling books, the internet, international news.
3) Add friends of the specific country to your internet social mediums and start corresponding with those friends. Look for the cities or towns you are interested in visiting and add friends living in those cities.
4) Find travelling agencies on the internet within the border of the country chosen & request to be sent different holiday packages or ideas. Request for self-driving ideas & assistance to link with personal tour-guides or information for group tours. These same requests could be put forward to your new-found-friends at your social pages as well & you will be surprised how much information you will find.
5) Search for Guesthouses, Pension Hotels, Game Lodges, Hotels, Bed & Breakfasts in the different towns or cities within the country of your choice & correspond with a few to find the correct answers which is suitable for you & your companion/family.
6) Study the wild animal life within the border of the country & the effect the wildlife might have on driving on the country's roads for you as a 1st-time driver within the country. Search for National Parks in order to add at least one on your list of planning into your days.
7) Search for the laws of driving within the country's borders in order to know what you are letting yourself into. Either practice some-where remote before even planning to leave for the country in mind or speak to your social friendship via internet to receive tips of travelling & driving in the country or simply find a reliable guide driving you & your family through using all the information above as everyone have access to reliable drivers, tour-guides and/or shuttle services which they trust.
8) Download a complete map of the country in question and become familiar with the areas & distances. Keep updated of the weather conditions at all times to get a good idea of how it could be similar or different from your home-country.
9) Request personal normal information from your internet social circle in the country such as; what is more important, water, cool-drinks, clothing to wear & anything small that might be considered by yourself as nothing...which could in fact just save your life and those of your loved-one's in time of need.
10) Plan your trip according to the days you have planned to visit, making use of the map you should by now know off-by-heart. Start at one side of your interests moving into a selected direction to be able to visit every main feature of your choice without having to back-up all the time wasting precious time. Use all the information you have gathered from everyone & each company involved or simply book a complete tour with the travel agency of your choice & save yourself the time & effort to enjoy an amazing holiday away from home.
You will find all the above mentioned are capable of finding the right places to stay, select reliable shuttle services for long-distance transport as well as in-town transport & keep your safety at heart trusting your experience will be awesome...so awesome, you'll be back for more pampering...and bring friends along next time!
Enjoy your travelling hunting for a great experience.
Wednesday 4 March 2015
Say...what!!! A Taxi? Why not find out more about Shuttle Services as a traveller?
"As a Russian being employed in Dubai gives me a chance to travel to numerous countries exploring Africa such as Namibia where I've been on a tour for only 4 days. We paid an incredible amount of money to our 'transport/guide/tour-leader' and I ended up being in the desert for who-knows-how-long due to the fact that our transport rattled all the way, lost a tire and had no spare...and in the end caused me to miss my flight back to Johannesburg for travelling further back to Dubai with a complete day! Inevitably costing me an extra air-fair ticket which this person are not willing to credit me for...and I have one day extra at more costs! If only I knew about you before I came to Namibia...if only I had more information before letting myself into a mess like this!"
Those were the words of an extremely disappointed young, but warm-hearted lady while we were driving from Windhoek to the International Airport in the early morning hours of another wonderful Namibian sunny day being expected. What was extraordinary is that she still had the positive thinking of arranging another trip soon into the future back to our beautiful and interesting country...and this, after such a bad experience she obviously had to endure the last 4 days of her holiday travelling so far from home.
Spending time making arrangements to travel to a foreign country seems like a lot of hard work and doesn't seem to be worth the effort by some however, doesn't it seem fair towards yourself to spend enough time gathering as much information as you possibly could for the money you are about to spend on an adventure even only for a couple of days, let alone two weeks or more?
The information era has given us an incredible advantage to "Google", link with new friends from abroad and ask as many questions as we want to have the best possible experience. I would suggest that young and older should make use of this opportunity to avoid disappointments such as what happened to this lady...oh, and there are many such stories, only with many visitors sadly it turns out they will never return to enjoy the real true warmth of a country with it's vast country-side and wild animals.
Where to start is usually the first question coming up in ones mind. Find the web page for the country you are planning to visit as even there one finds information, sometimes limited, nevertheless a start to finding more websites and information that one can follow up.
To make it really easy, link yourself to "Facebook" and or "Linked In" if you are not a member yet, search for people residing in the country, ask to become friends and be truthful why you would like to get to know them and their country. These days this is the most common solution to finding more relevant information. When you search for Shuttle Services, Taxi's, Transport, Guesthouses, Lodges, Pension Hotels and Hotels at either one of these sites, you are bound to find more information than you can actually use. Other search titles could be tour guides, tour companies, hunting farms and so on. Doesn't this make more sense than just becoming a backpacker with no idea what is awaiting for you on the other side of the globe?
I believe most people reading this right now would be nodding saying, "What the heck, does this person think we are idiots?" No, I am most certainly not even suggesting that, simply guiding some people that happens to be like me, make an immediate decision, forgets about the pros's and con's, and grabs the opportunity usually landing up with disappointment more likely than having loads of fun.
I might not have a large Shuttle Service, but I am reliable, and so are many other Shuttle services and yet there will always be those that simply can not or will not give the reliable service they should and this is found anywhere in the world. The same applies to all those businesses I mentioned above.
Should anyone have questions regarding Namibia in general, you are most welcome to contact me at hcribo@iway.na and I shall be glad to give you further information, details or contact persons to deal with arranging your trip to Namibia. I am certainly not the best candidate to be a perfect touring guide but I am here to transfer visitors safely to the best of my ability and I am willing to find information in an effort to assist any future visitor to find the right business or services you might need.
Happy hunting for your dream vacations!
Those were the words of an extremely disappointed young, but warm-hearted lady while we were driving from Windhoek to the International Airport in the early morning hours of another wonderful Namibian sunny day being expected. What was extraordinary is that she still had the positive thinking of arranging another trip soon into the future back to our beautiful and interesting country...and this, after such a bad experience she obviously had to endure the last 4 days of her holiday travelling so far from home.
Spending time making arrangements to travel to a foreign country seems like a lot of hard work and doesn't seem to be worth the effort by some however, doesn't it seem fair towards yourself to spend enough time gathering as much information as you possibly could for the money you are about to spend on an adventure even only for a couple of days, let alone two weeks or more?
The information era has given us an incredible advantage to "Google", link with new friends from abroad and ask as many questions as we want to have the best possible experience. I would suggest that young and older should make use of this opportunity to avoid disappointments such as what happened to this lady...oh, and there are many such stories, only with many visitors sadly it turns out they will never return to enjoy the real true warmth of a country with it's vast country-side and wild animals.
Where to start is usually the first question coming up in ones mind. Find the web page for the country you are planning to visit as even there one finds information, sometimes limited, nevertheless a start to finding more websites and information that one can follow up.
To make it really easy, link yourself to "Facebook" and or "Linked In" if you are not a member yet, search for people residing in the country, ask to become friends and be truthful why you would like to get to know them and their country. These days this is the most common solution to finding more relevant information. When you search for Shuttle Services, Taxi's, Transport, Guesthouses, Lodges, Pension Hotels and Hotels at either one of these sites, you are bound to find more information than you can actually use. Other search titles could be tour guides, tour companies, hunting farms and so on. Doesn't this make more sense than just becoming a backpacker with no idea what is awaiting for you on the other side of the globe?
I believe most people reading this right now would be nodding saying, "What the heck, does this person think we are idiots?" No, I am most certainly not even suggesting that, simply guiding some people that happens to be like me, make an immediate decision, forgets about the pros's and con's, and grabs the opportunity usually landing up with disappointment more likely than having loads of fun.
I might not have a large Shuttle Service, but I am reliable, and so are many other Shuttle services and yet there will always be those that simply can not or will not give the reliable service they should and this is found anywhere in the world. The same applies to all those businesses I mentioned above.
Should anyone have questions regarding Namibia in general, you are most welcome to contact me at hcribo@iway.na and I shall be glad to give you further information, details or contact persons to deal with arranging your trip to Namibia. I am certainly not the best candidate to be a perfect touring guide but I am here to transfer visitors safely to the best of my ability and I am willing to find information in an effort to assist any future visitor to find the right business or services you might need.
Happy hunting for your dream vacations!
Monday 2 March 2015
Washing & Ironing solutions & Shuttle/Transfer options for visitors to Windhoek, Namibia.
One of the most exciting ventures to plan undoubtedly is Namibia, especially during winter is at it’s peak in Namibia, then a venue not to be missed around the world. It is also a time for hunters coming from all corners of the world expecting that one big hit, or the thought of a mouthwatering piece of wild meat on the barbecue while getting to know the local population with their friendly assistance to any visitor staying in Namibia.
Yeah, even those visitors only coming to enjoy the life-style, to travel all corners of Namibia and be amazed by the wonderful scenery of a country far from crowded.
Before any of these wonderful ventures can become a reality, most visitors have plenty of planning to do ahead of time, probably mostly using the services of tour organisations or specialised tour guides to organise, plan and getting everything rolling into action.
We love all visitors, believe me and we enjoy welcoming you all into our country, our hearts and our history. Obviously I am including professional visitors to Namibia for business reasons as well and you would be included in this discussion.
Let's get down to one or two obstacles that could be a headache to many a visitor even though it usually is included in all arrangements and that entails your personal laundry as well as a reliable shuttle/transfer service while visiting or touring Namibia.
Personally I found visitors to Namibia that prefers without a doubt to find their own laundry services such as a washing and ironing service to have a more personal touch caring for their laundry.
Touring or business, your reasons could be anything from preferring environmental products to a natural washing and ironing service to just plain enjoying meeting more local people besides you're tour guides, hotel professionals or your fellow tourist company.
As a tourist or professional you may simply want to be more in control of your personal laundry. It would be great if any of you could respond to my blog and give me your personal views and how you feel about this specific area.
Why you might be asking right now? Through all my experience in sales all these years and we'll keep that topic short, I found the lack of personal attention and service to the customer, looking after their needs have been disappearing fast with the information age we find ourselves in today.
The hunt for more business, larger premises and higher profits are causing that the customer's needs are somewhere down the line...we know it's there, we know we should be dealing with it...but we simply have more at stake than really caring about that little obstacle.
I have been involved with one or two areas where service is crucial to success and I have been studying where there might be a gap in our market to introduce a service to clients where they feel and know that their needs are being set first and foremost.
This is how the old idea with a new view was re-born and today I find myself the owner of a new business, "Heila's Wash Saloon". Yes, I agree it seems simple and won't be noticed. I do intend with careful planning this new venture should start small, grow with client's needs and become the best well-known service through-out Namibia with the client's needs to be most important.
The intention is to add services for client's personal needs as the business grow with the population of Windhoek in Namibia, eventually growing into a company for the whole of Namibia. Dreaming big? Yeah! Will this dream be achieved? Heck, yes! I will follow up with more of "Heila's Wash Saloon" and I dearly wish for you all to give me your opinions, how you would feel, what you would like if you were to be a client and what services you would like to be added if this where in your area.
It would be great to read more about people's thoughts and you would be assisting your fellow consumer to be able to receive the best possible client service.
Should anyone of you be visiting Windhoek, Namibia in future, feel free to contact us for your personal laundry needs in the meantime and who knows, we meeting each other could be another experience to take back to your friends and family.
Now, the second obstacle, shuttles and transfers. Even though most tourist agency companies have established shuttle/transfer services they have been dealing with continuously which are usually included in a package a tourist would be booking, it does not necessarily make complete provision for transport always during ones visit in a city for example Windhoek in Namibia on a daily basis.
There are occasions when one finds one-self in the position that you would like to venture into town on your own breaking away for a few hours from the group or arrangements and for those cases there are a few self-employed shuttle/transfer service owners such as myself as well as many others which are available and reliable.
Unfortunately information, details and contacts are not always included there-for I am presenting an opportunity to everyone and anyone that have the idea to tour or visit Windhoek Namibia in future to contact me via email for relevant information about my own service as well as other services available and I shall gladly assist by sharing contact details for future use.
There are transfer/shuttle services(owned by self-employed owners) available such as Airport to Windhoek (any destination inside the town of Windhoek) and vice verse. Also these same services could be contacted for providing in-town transfer to restaurants or hotels should you feel like a change of dining out and also available is the opportunity to be transferred for a short half-day or day tour within town borders.
Obviously it is also possible to request quotations for shuttle/transfers from Windhoek to any destination outside Windhoek within Namibia and vice verse. Mostly it is not always easy to find reliable transport such as these if someone did not refer them personally that you already know well and trust how-ever, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
This offer also applies to business people intending visiting Windhoek Namibia and are equally welcome to find more information for their own personal use or on behalf of their company they represent. I am reachable through Linked In but should it not be sufficient information, feel free to email me at hcribo@iway.na for more information and contacts. Heila's Shuttle Service are ready to give meaning to your visit & I shall be most willing to share more shuttle service's information for you to choose from.
Happy hunting for adventures into Africa, more closely, Namibia...until our next encounter.
Yeah, even those visitors only coming to enjoy the life-style, to travel all corners of Namibia and be amazed by the wonderful scenery of a country far from crowded.
Before any of these wonderful ventures can become a reality, most visitors have plenty of planning to do ahead of time, probably mostly using the services of tour organisations or specialised tour guides to organise, plan and getting everything rolling into action.
We love all visitors, believe me and we enjoy welcoming you all into our country, our hearts and our history. Obviously I am including professional visitors to Namibia for business reasons as well and you would be included in this discussion.
Let's get down to one or two obstacles that could be a headache to many a visitor even though it usually is included in all arrangements and that entails your personal laundry as well as a reliable shuttle/transfer service while visiting or touring Namibia.
Personally I found visitors to Namibia that prefers without a doubt to find their own laundry services such as a washing and ironing service to have a more personal touch caring for their laundry.
Touring or business, your reasons could be anything from preferring environmental products to a natural washing and ironing service to just plain enjoying meeting more local people besides you're tour guides, hotel professionals or your fellow tourist company.
As a tourist or professional you may simply want to be more in control of your personal laundry. It would be great if any of you could respond to my blog and give me your personal views and how you feel about this specific area.
Why you might be asking right now? Through all my experience in sales all these years and we'll keep that topic short, I found the lack of personal attention and service to the customer, looking after their needs have been disappearing fast with the information age we find ourselves in today.
The hunt for more business, larger premises and higher profits are causing that the customer's needs are somewhere down the line...we know it's there, we know we should be dealing with it...but we simply have more at stake than really caring about that little obstacle.
I have been involved with one or two areas where service is crucial to success and I have been studying where there might be a gap in our market to introduce a service to clients where they feel and know that their needs are being set first and foremost.
This is how the old idea with a new view was re-born and today I find myself the owner of a new business, "Heila's Wash Saloon". Yes, I agree it seems simple and won't be noticed. I do intend with careful planning this new venture should start small, grow with client's needs and become the best well-known service through-out Namibia with the client's needs to be most important.
The intention is to add services for client's personal needs as the business grow with the population of Windhoek in Namibia, eventually growing into a company for the whole of Namibia. Dreaming big? Yeah! Will this dream be achieved? Heck, yes! I will follow up with more of "Heila's Wash Saloon" and I dearly wish for you all to give me your opinions, how you would feel, what you would like if you were to be a client and what services you would like to be added if this where in your area.
It would be great to read more about people's thoughts and you would be assisting your fellow consumer to be able to receive the best possible client service.
Should anyone of you be visiting Windhoek, Namibia in future, feel free to contact us for your personal laundry needs in the meantime and who knows, we meeting each other could be another experience to take back to your friends and family.
Now, the second obstacle, shuttles and transfers. Even though most tourist agency companies have established shuttle/transfer services they have been dealing with continuously which are usually included in a package a tourist would be booking, it does not necessarily make complete provision for transport always during ones visit in a city for example Windhoek in Namibia on a daily basis.
There are occasions when one finds one-self in the position that you would like to venture into town on your own breaking away for a few hours from the group or arrangements and for those cases there are a few self-employed shuttle/transfer service owners such as myself as well as many others which are available and reliable.
Unfortunately information, details and contacts are not always included there-for I am presenting an opportunity to everyone and anyone that have the idea to tour or visit Windhoek Namibia in future to contact me via email for relevant information about my own service as well as other services available and I shall gladly assist by sharing contact details for future use.
There are transfer/shuttle services(owned by self-employed owners) available such as Airport to Windhoek (any destination inside the town of Windhoek) and vice verse. Also these same services could be contacted for providing in-town transfer to restaurants or hotels should you feel like a change of dining out and also available is the opportunity to be transferred for a short half-day or day tour within town borders.
Obviously it is also possible to request quotations for shuttle/transfers from Windhoek to any destination outside Windhoek within Namibia and vice verse. Mostly it is not always easy to find reliable transport such as these if someone did not refer them personally that you already know well and trust how-ever, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
This offer also applies to business people intending visiting Windhoek Namibia and are equally welcome to find more information for their own personal use or on behalf of their company they represent. I am reachable through Linked In but should it not be sufficient information, feel free to email me at hcribo@iway.na for more information and contacts. Heila's Shuttle Service are ready to give meaning to your visit & I shall be most willing to share more shuttle service's information for you to choose from.
Happy hunting for adventures into Africa, more closely, Namibia...until our next encounter.
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